However the versions provided by the distro have gone through more tests. We are still improving this part as ideally you should be able to pick a version
Yes. Podman in podman works, and this is how I sometimes tested on coreos without installing a new package. These days I mostly use a VM instead. Personal preference
sudo dnf copr enable rhcontainerbot/podman-next -y
sudo dnf install podman
However the versions provided by the distro have gone through more tests. We are still improving this part as ideally you should be able to pick a version